there are 297 homes in this carraige oaks neighborhood, and as kron four's dan kerman reports.residents here are putting in long hours.hoping they can turn things around and make the neighborhood safer. >> reporter: tina encarnacion isn't just on a walk with her kids. she's patrolling her neighborhood since september, vallejo's carriage oaks neighborhood has seen a sharp increase burglaries with limited police resources, encarnacion recruited neighbors to start a neighborhood watch the emphasis of this neighborhood watch, is watching. in fact. several of the members like this woman actually patrol the neighborhood a homemade map in encarnacion's dining room, helps track each and every burglary pink dots for home burglaries, green dots for auto burglaries, yellow dots for attempted burglaries >> i refuse to be a prisoner in my own home. we're not scored to put up with it anymore. and it appears to be making a difference 3 groups of burglars have been arrested so far police are now patrolling more often and residents show no signs of letting up >> and we have also installed surveillance c